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Mint Arizona First Day Coin Cover on sale - CoinNews
Jul 1 at 5:05pm
The United States Mint 2008 Arizona Official First Day Cover went on sale today, June 30.
The 35,000 limited edition covers are the 48th in the series and include two shiny Arizona state quarters featuring an image of the Grand Canyon with a Saguaro cactus in the foreground.
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Standing on ceremony - Coin World
Jun 9 at 3:03pm
A local angle adds excitement, flavor to State quarter launch ceremonies
Did you see the Wells Fargo stagecoach deliver the 2008 Arizona quarter dollars to the launch ceremony in Phoenix on June 2? Did you get your free mint-flavored ice cream after the ceremony?
The Wells Fargo Bank N.A. supplied the Arizona quarter dollars given away to children and the $10 rolls exchanged at face value after the ceremony.
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Arizona State Quarters in Circulation - CoinNews
Jun 5 at 10:10am
Arizona quarters were launched into circulation yesterday with the United States Mint release ceremony on the lawn of the state Capital in Phoenix.
The ceremony was full of local excitement with a Mariachi band playing, free mint ice-cream drumsticks and free Arizona quarters for everyone 18 and under. Earlier, United States Mint Director Ed Moy commented…
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Thousands attend state-quarter ceremony - The Arizona Republic
Jun 3 at 1:01pm
Thousands of Arizonans, from schoolchildren to grandparents to state dignitaries, packed the Capitol lawn Monday for the roll out of the state commemorative quarter. The celebration, replete with an old-fashioned red stagecoach, mariachi band and free mint ice-cream drumsticks, marked the culmination of a public process that began three years ago with more than 4,000 quarter designs.
It also offered coin collectors their first chance to get their hands on the much-anticipated Arizona quarter.
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A grand quarter from the grand canyon state - United States Mint
Jun 2 at 4:04pm
United States Mint Director and Governor Launch New Arizona Quarter in Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona -As a Mariachi band played, the Arizona commemorative quarter-dollar coin, the 48th quarter of the popular 50 State Quarters® Program, was introduced into circulation in a ceremony on the State Capitol Senate Lawn today. United States Mint Director Ed Moy joined Governor Janet Napolitano in hosting the festivities.
“This quarter celebrates the breathtaking natural beauty of Arizona, from its rare Saguaro cactus to the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon,” Director Moy told the crowd. “When Americans pull this coin out of their pockets, they’ll immediately think of Arizona.”
After the ceremony, Director Moy and Governor Napolitano passed out shiny new Arizona quarters to the children in the audience. A large crowd of adults lined up to exchange their bills for $10 rolls of Arizona quarters as Mariachi Aguila de Marcelino Cervantes of Phoenix played on.
On the eve of the launch, Director Moy hosted a coin collectors’ forum at the Carnegie Center in Phoenix, where he discussed United States Mint programs. Members of the audience told him what they would like to see on American coinage in the future.
The reverse (tails side) of the Arizona quarter features an image of the Grand Canyon with a Saguaro cactus in the foreground. A banner reading “Grand Canyon State” separates the two images to signify that the Saguaro cactus does not grow in the Grand Canyon. The coin also bears the inscriptions “Arizona” and “1912,” the year Arizona was admitted into the Union. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rolls and bags of Arizona quarters - CoinNews
May 30 at 3:03pm
A few days ago the U.S. Mint announced the release ceremony for the Arizona state quarter. On the same day of the ceremony, June 2, 2008, millions of Arizona state quarters will have been minted.
Demand dictates how many Arizona quarters there will be in total. Based on previous state quarter production figures, around 500 million is a likely bet.
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Bags and Rolls of Arizona Quarters Available from the United States Mint on June 2 - U.S. Mint
May 28 at 7:07pm
WASHINGTON - Are you yearning to see the panoramic vistas of the Grand Canyon but cannot make the trip? Do the next best thing and get shiny new Arizona commemorative quarter-dollar coins, available in bags and rolls beginning June 2 at 12 noon (ET). Customers may order as many of these options as they like. There is no order limit.
The Arizona quarter is the 48th coin in the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters® Program. The coin’s reverse features an image of the Grand Canyon with a Saguaro cactus in the foreground. A banner reading “Grand Canyon State” separates the two images to signify that the Saguaro cactus does not grow in the Grand Canyon. The coin also bears the inscriptions “Arizona” and “1912.”
The coins contained in the bags and rolls were struck at United States Mint facilities at Denver and Philadelphia for use in general circulation. The two-roll sets, offered at $32.95, include one roll each of 40 coins bearing the “D” and “P” mintmarks. The coins are wrapped in distinctive packaging bearing the 50 State Quarters logo, the mint of origin, the official state abbreviation and the dollar value of the contents. The 100- and 1,000-coin bags are offered at $32.95 and $309.95, respectively. Each canvas bag has a tag with the mint of origin and the state abbreviation. Read the rest of this entry »
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